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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2010, 2:27 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2010, 2:27 AM EDT (06:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2010, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Ontario County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 641 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 15, 8:01 PM EDT, 6 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 8:01 PM EDT, 6 hours 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 957 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010 NYZ001>008-010>014-019>021-085-161200- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS- NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-CHAUTAUQUA- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 957 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF LEZ020-040-041-LOZ042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-161200- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 957 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO AND SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF RSH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 10:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1139 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010
NYZ001-010-160430-
ERIE NY-NIAGARA NY-
1139 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARDS NIAGARA COUNTY...
* AT 1135 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NIAGARA PENINSULA. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 35 MILES WEST OF NIAGARA FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 40 MPH...HEAVY RAIN UP TO AN INCH IN UNDER AN HOUR...AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS GRAND
ISLAND AND NIAGARA COUNTY BETWEEN 12:15 AND 12:45 AM.
LAT...LON 4314 7905 4327 7907 4335 7873 4336 7866
4313 7858 4305 7890 4297 7900 4303 7904
4307 7899 4308 7906 4309 7908 4313 7908
RSHSpecial weather statement, Aug 16, 2:27 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
227 AM EDT MON AUG 16 2010
NYZ002>004-011>014-160730-
GENESEE NY-LIVINGSTON NY-MONROE NY-ONTARIO NY-ORLEANS NY-WAYNE
NY-WYOMING NY-
227 AM EDT MON AUG 16 2010
...LINE OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA...
* AT 225 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GENESEE
VALLEY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ALBION TO BYRON TO WARSAW...AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
THE STORMS WILL CROSS THE FINGER LAKES REGION BETWEEN 2:30 AND 4 AM
EDT THIS MORNING WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SOME AREAS WILL RECEIVE AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 60
MINUTES. AS A RESULT...THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4265 7822 4295 7824 4324 7824 4335 7792
4333 7771 4325 7758 4329 7734 4328 7725
4294 7721 4276 7721 4276 7732 4269 7736
4263 7736
RSHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and 1 more | 91 min |
| Aug 15, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 51 min |
| Aug 15, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 62 min | |
| Aug 16, 12:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Aug 16, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 32 min | |
| Aug 16, 12:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 3:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 4:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston, Ontario, Wayne | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 4:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Monroe, Ontario | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 5:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 5:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 5:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario, Wayne | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 5:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 5:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | Ontario | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 7:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 78 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New York, 2010Every special weather statement in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.